LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy are hoping their lawyers can convince a Nevada Supreme Court panel to release them from prison while the high court reviews their convictions in a gunpoint hotel room heist.

Simpson and convicted co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart won’t be in a Las Vegas courtroom today when their lawyers get 30 minutes to argue for bond pending appeal.

The three justices from Nevada’s only appellate court won’t make an immediate decision.

It’s rare for the court to hear oral arguments on bond, and even more rare to grant release.

Simpson is serving nine to 33 years for kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers.